Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:53:13 02/28/01
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On February 28, 2001 at 04:01:03, Sune Larsson wrote: > > [D]5Bk1/2R5/2p4P/p4p2/1p3P2/1P6/7p/1bK5 w - - 0 1 > > The story goes that the unknown white player had made some miscalculations > in the middlegame. Now he sat there staring at the black h2 pawn, which > was just about to promote. His opponent was walking around with a big > smile on his face. Heavy clouds entered the white player's mind. Not > only was he facing a loss in the team match but just recently a good > friend of his had passed away. When suddenly an ingenious idea flashed > his mind! Oh yes, there was indeed a miraculous way to save half a point! > > Test: White to move and make a draw. Fritz seems to have a good idea > about these queer things. The solution is further down. > > > > > > > > 1.h7+ Kh8 2.Bg7+! Kxh7 3.Ba1+! [The point. White has to bury his own bishop.] > 3.-Kh6 4.Rxc6+ Kh5 5.Kb2!! [Very surprising! Now the bishop is no longer > alive] 5.-h1Q [The threat was Rc1. On 5.-Bc2 there follows 6.Rc8 and Rh8+] > 6.Rh6+! Kxh6 and white cannot move... > > Sune CM8000 knows the answer, but doesn't realize it's a draw: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 -1.53 10267 1. h7+ Kh8 2. Bd6 h1=Q+ 3. Kb2 Qh2+ 4. Kxb1 0:00 3/5 -0.73 40961 1. h7+ Kh8 2. Bg7+ Kxh7 3. Ba1+ Kg6 4. Rxc6+ Kh5 5. Kb2 Be4 6. Rc1 h1=Q 7. Rxh1+ Bxh1 0:00 4/6 -0.82 81545 1. h7+ Kh8 2. Bg7+ Kxh7 3. Ba1+ Kg6 4. Rxc6+ Kh5 5. Kb2 Be4 6. Rc1 Kg4 7. Rf1 h1=Q 8. Rxh1 Bxh1 0:01 5/7 -0.82 179573 1. h7+ Kh8 2. Bg7+ Kxh7 3. Ba1+ Kg6 4. Rxc6+ Kh5 5. Kb2 Be4 6. Rc1 Kg4 7. Rf1 h1=Q 8. Rxh1 Bxh1 0:04 6/8 -1.03 453344 1. h7+ Kh8 2. Bg7+ Kxh7 3. Ba1+ Kg6 4. Rxc6+ Kh5 5. Kb2 Be4 6. Rc1 Kg4 7. Ka2 Kxf4 8. Rf1+ Ke3 0:12 7/9 -1.66 1206978 1. h7+ Kh8 2. Bg7+ Kxh7 3. Ba1+ Kg6 4. Rxc6+ Kh5 5. Kb2 Be4 6. Rc1 Kg4 7. Ka2 Kxf4 8. Rf1+ Kg5 9. Be5 h1=Q 10. Rxh1 Bxh1 0:29 8/10 -1.66 2974966 1. h7+ Kh8 2. Bg7+ Kxh7 3. Ba1+ Kg6 4. Rxc6+ Kh5 5. Kb2 Be4 6. Rc1 Kg4 7. Ka2 Kxf4 8. Bd4 h1=Q 9. Rxh1 Bxh1 1:12 9/11 -1.70 7426722 1. h7+ Kh8 2. Bg7+ Kxh7 3. Ba1+ Kg6 4. Rxc6+ Kh5 5. Kb2 Be4 6. Rc1 Kg4 7. Ka2 Kxf4 8. Bd4 h1=Q 9. Rxh1 Bxh1 10. Bb6 jm
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